New COVID-19 treatment guidelines: Antibiotics only for bacterial infections, says CentreThe guidelines recommend the use of Remdesivir for up to five days in moderate or severe cases with a high risk of progression, and only fo...
Telugu megastar Chiranjeevi tweets about Taraka Ratna's health condition, says thisNandamuri Taraka Ratna was transferred to Narayana Hrudalaya on January 28 in critical condition due to cardiogenic shock. He continues to ...
What is ECMO & why are doctors worried to see ICU patients being put on it for advanced life support?ECMO is a vital tool but it requires highly trained staff and a huge amount of hospital resources.
They survived Covid, but then came the Rs 1 cr bill: Will these families recover from financial stress?Families are going to extraordinary lengths to fund treatment of their loved ones, including selling their houses. The question is, will th...
Fuelled by Delta variant, US COVID-19 cases hit highest level since FebruaryAcross the country, states are struggling to fend off the Delta variant -- the most contagious strain of coronavirus yet. But the situation...
Prime Minister Modi calls BJP National Vice President Mukul Roy, amid reports of TMC returnThis development comes a day after Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee visited Apollo hospital to see the BJP leader's wife who is unde...
Doctors’ ethical dilemma: Save the young or seniors?But some doctors look at the treatment path. The only criteria between an old and a young patient would be who is the sicker of the two, sa...
Tamil comedian Vivekh passes away at 59 in ChennaiThe actor was put on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support after hospitalisation.
Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister battling COVID-19 is critical, says hospitalThe 72-year-old Minister's health has "suffered a significant deterioration in vital functions. He is extremely critical despite being on m...
Playback singer SP Balasubrahmanyam extremely critical, confirms hospitalThe doctor says that his condition in the last 24 hours has deteriorated further, warranting maximal life support.
More than half of coronavirus cases in Hubei treated with traditional Chinese medicine: OfficialThe Chinese government has also approved field trials for experimental US antiviral drug, Remdesivir to treat coronavirus patients. The dea...
Vajpayee suffered pneumonia, multi-organ failure; was put on ECMO: DoctorsHis death was announced by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital where he was admitted on June 11 with a variety of ...
Rs 50 lakh: What H1N1 costs some patientsAn Alibaug family is staring at a hospital cost of more than Rs 25 lakh after their daughter needed over a month of intensive care to beat ...
Over Rs 5 crore spent on Jayalalithaa's treatmentK Babu of Apollo Hospitals and Balaji said Jayalalithaa was admitted with "uncontrolled diabetes alongside septicemia and that the best of ...
Technique used on Jayalalithaa revived techie’s heart function in 24 hoursWhat came to Srinath's rescue was ECMO, the same procedure used by doctors at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, to treat late Tamil Nadu chief min...
Congress concerned but confident Jayalalithaa will overcome challengesCongress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi have expressed deep concern on the health of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jaya...
Artificial heart lung machine used to cure H1N1-affected childAn artificial heart lung machine has been used to cure a child suffering from swine flu at the Apollo Children's Hospital, Chennai